---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 173.255"
title: "21"
number: "173.255"
heading: "Methylene chloride."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/173.255"
---

# §173.255. Methylene chloride.


Methylene chloride may be present in food under the following conditions:

- (a) In spice oleoresins as a residue from the extraction of spice, at a level not to exceed 30 parts per million; Provided, That, if residues of other chlorinated solvents are also present, the total of all residues of such solvents shall not exceed 30 parts per million.
- (b) In hops extract as a residue from the extraction of hops, at a level not to exceed 2.2 percent, Provided, That:
  - (1) **The hops extract is added to the wort before or during cooking in the manufacture of beer.**
  - (2) The label of the hops extract identifies the presence of the methylene chloride and provides for the use of the hops extract only as prescribed by [paragraph (b)(1)](#b-1) of this section.
- (c) In coffee as a residue from its use as a solvent in the extraction of caffeine from green coffee beans, at a level not to exceed 10 parts per million (0.001 percent) in decaffeinated roasted coffee and in decaffeinated soluble coffee extract (instant coffee).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321, 342, 348.

### Source

Source: 42 FR 14526, Mar. 15, 1977, unless otherwise noted.